Slope denudation and the supply of debris to cones in Langtang Himal, Central Nepal Himalaya

Geomorphology

Volumn 26, Issue 1-3, 1998, Pages 185-197

  Watanabe, Teiji ^a   Dali, Liu ^a   Shiraiwa, Takayuki ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cone volume; Debris flow cone; Denudation rate; Langtang Himal; Sedimentation rate; Toe incision

Indexed keywords

DENUDATION; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SLOPE;

NEPAL;

EID: 0032321946     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-555X(98)00058-0     Document Type: Article

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